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lance armstrong admits he did it and now they tally up the cost. >>> and the hidden danger exposed by that terrible hoax at notre dame and how many find themselves caught up in something like it. >>> also, our friday night "making a difference" report. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening, there's some sad news heading into this weekend for at least one american family. an american has been killed overseas. his death believed to be the result of a mission launched to free a large group of hostages who were taken at a bp natural gas complex. islamic militants took hostages at the facility in the sahara desert in algeria. in retaliation for the fact that france has launched a war against islamic insurgents over these past few days in the nearby nation of mali. the u.s. found itself caught in the middle of this with u.s. citizens working overseas, held hostage, and a rescue mission to free them carried out by a foreign nation. there's still a lot we don't know about survivors, casualt
lance armstrong admits he did it and now they tally up the cost. >>> and the hidden danger exposed by that terrible hoax at notre dame and how many find themselves caught up in something like it. >>> also, our friday night "making a difference" report. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening, there's some sad news heading into...
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armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past. you've been on this show. you said, matt, i lied right to your face in the past. >> yes. >> but when you wrote your book and accused lance armstrong of doping he came out strongly against you. and he said, quote -- a statement released by his people, writing a book today about events that allegedly took place more than ten years ago is not about setting the record straight or righting a wrong. it is greedy, opportunistic and self serving. does he owe you an apology? >> for me, he owes an awful lot of other people an apology. i don't need an apology. we've known each other a l
armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past....
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the second interviewer we saw a more humble lance armstrong. particularly when he talked about the lowest point wch is stepping away from his career of service with the foundation. also, the tough times that his son spent defending his father. that's really the time that you saw him break which is when he tug ted hea-- tugged at the heartstrings of every person watching the interviewer. >> any time i see public confessions, part of me is what do we want to hear? he admits he lied. is there anything he can say that puts him back in the game either with the public or certainly in a sporting life? >> what we didn't hear from lance which everyone wants to hear is a continual apology. i'm sorry. you really didn't feel warm and fuzzy from his interviewer. in fact, you felt cold. he almost felt distant. it was as if he was doing -- >> the third person. >> exactly. everyone a favor by being here. the interviewer also was too long. he should have just gotten right to the point of what he needed to say and ended it. it was really drawn out. and he was ve
the second interviewer we saw a more humble lance armstrong. particularly when he talked about the lowest point wch is stepping away from his career of service with the foundation. also, the tough times that his son spent defending his father. that's really the time that you saw him break which is when he tug ted hea-- tugged at the heartstrings of every person watching the interviewer. >> any time i see public confessions, part of me is what do we want to hear? he admits he lied. is...
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lance armstrong doped for most of his career. armstrong told oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that he used performance enhancers in not just one but all seven of his tour de france victories. he said it was part of a doping culture and in his view leveled the playing field. >> you said we had one ambition to win the greatest bike race. not to just win once, but to keep on winning it and to win it, you had to keep using banned substances to do it. >> yes. but -- i'm not sure this is an acceptable answer, but that's like saying we have to have air in our tires. or we have to it have water in our bottles. >> armstrong did say that he was not doping when had he made a comeback to the tour in 2010. he placed third that year. following the interview, armstrong's cap certificate foundation, living strong, released a statement saying "we are disappointed by the news that lance armstrong misled people during and after his cycling career, including us. lance apologized to our staff and we accepted his apology in order to move on." t
lance armstrong doped for most of his career. armstrong told oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that he used performance enhancers in not just one but all seven of his tour de france victories. he said it was part of a doping culture and in his view leveled the playing field. >> you said we had one ambition to win the greatest bike race. not to just win once, but to keep on winning it and to win it, you had to keep using banned substances to do it. >> yes. but -- i'm not sure...
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is america ready for the resurrection of lance armstrong? >> i'm still deal with the legal a ramifications. i think that lance has figured out a way to confess when the statute of limitations is over for the perjury charges so america is not going to feel as if he has actually paid a price. marion jones went to jail for six months. i'm not sure that lance armstrong losing endorsements is the equivalent. >> donny, you are an image guy. what happens to the image once he makes this confession? >> done, over, see you later. i have talked on the show before about what i call the scandal continuum. certain things as a culture we can forgive. and when you -- if he had just doped and said i did it i am comp pet tivg the years of like, the profuse lying, is -- >> the bullying of other people. >> his image is done. no resurrection. >> i don't think there is a resurrection at all, we were so invested in his fame, we were so invested of the not well guy becoming well and seven times, and it was a lie. >> by the way, unnecessary because it would have bee
is america ready for the resurrection of lance armstrong? >> i'm still deal with the legal a ramifications. i think that lance has figured out a way to confess when the statute of limitations is over for the perjury charges so america is not going to feel as if he has actually paid a price. marion jones went to jail for six months. i'm not sure that lance armstrong losing endorsements is the equivalent. >> donny, you are an image guy. what happens to the image once he makes this...
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armstrong to send back the bronze medal he won at the 2000 olympic games in sydney. he was stripped of his seven tour de france championships last year by the u.s. anti-doping agency. the head of the anti doping body said today armstrong should have already returned the olympic medal without having to be asked. >>> it's been nearly six months now since a gunman opened fire in the packed movie theater in aurora, colorado, killing 12 people, wounding 58 hours. tonight the theater is reopening for the first time. private ceremony for victims and first responders. it's not without controversy. it's being boycotted by some of the victims' families who say it's insensitive to reopen the theater at all. >>> and following the aurora massacre and the m in newtown, connecticut, the president is now trying to build public support for his sweeping plan to curb gun violence. director and chieft. white house correspondent, chuck todd, has our brand new polling numbers about how americans are feeling about gun laws. >> reporter: a day after the president unveiled his recommendation
armstrong to send back the bronze medal he won at the 2000 olympic games in sydney. he was stripped of his seven tour de france championships last year by the u.s. anti-doping agency. the head of the anti doping body said today armstrong should have already returned the olympic medal without having to be asked. >>> it's been nearly six months now since a gunman opened fire in the packed movie theater in aurora, colorado, killing 12 people, wounding 58 hours. tonight the theater is...
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more fallout for lance armstrong after his on-air confession to oprah. making him explain his doping scheme to piers morgan. >> would you care to elaborate on your sophisticated system of doping? >> it wasn't all that sophisticated, piers. i did steroids, human growth hormone, epo and i replaced all of my blood with better blood. am i sorry i did it? yes-ish. ps, no. >> this note has gone viral online after being posted in an australian library, announcing that armstrong's books are being moved to the fiction section. >>> could selena gomez be singing a message to ex-boyfriend justin bieber? calling timberlake's "cry me a river" ♪ cry me a river cry me a river cry me a river ♪ >> making it an even loaded song choice, the biebs himself did a cover of the song back in november after his first split with selena. >>> when this woman finds out she's going to be a first-time grandma, she can't quite contain her excitement. check it out. you're having a baby! oh! >> her daughter revealed she was pregnant by giving her a baby block wrapped up like a present.
more fallout for lance armstrong after his on-air confession to oprah. making him explain his doping scheme to piers morgan. >> would you care to elaborate on your sophisticated system of doping? >> it wasn't all that sophisticated, piers. i did steroids, human growth hormone, epo and i replaced all of my blood with better blood. am i sorry i did it? yes-ish. ps, no. >> this note has gone viral online after being posted in an australian library, announcing that armstrong's...